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Starting July 1, 2026, Florida wants restaurants to be clearer about extra fees they tack onto your bill. So, if your restaurant adds any mandatory fees, customers should know about
June 1 is the beginning of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season and the perfect time to start thinking about hurricane preparedness. For those living and working in Florida, this is
A Better POS System Should Work For You, Not Trap You How often do you find yourself dealing with tickets, running reports, tracking payments, or answering questions about the POS
Payment security can be a hassle. Scans needs to be completed, passwords have to be updated, and terminals require updates. Those measures aren’t put in place to irritate you or
You get a DoorDash order notification on a tablet. Then another one comes from Uber Eats on another tablet. Then from Grubhub on yet another tablet. Your cashier reads the
Running a business can easily become chaotic and hard to manage. You process payments. You track sales. You oversee operations. You talk to customers. You monitor staff activity. You fix
Your POS system freezes. The line starts getting longer. Your staff is looking at you. A customer tries tapping their card again. Nothing happens. So you call support. Then the
Most Florida small business owners are well aware of their processing rates. As they should be. Unfortunately, many issues with payments occur due to missing PCI requirements, confusion about pricing
Not all tasty food will attract regulars. First impressions happen before the first bite and include the overall hospitality of the staff, the cleanliness of the environment, the readability of
If you run a restaurant, your Google Business Profile (GBP), formerly Google My Business (GMB), could be sending your customers to the wrong place to order. When a guest searches
Between locals, tourists, and snowbirds, Florida is packed with restaurant diners. Governor Ron Desantis recently announced that in 2025, Florida had a record year with 143.3 million visitors. As a
We’ve all seen the offers. “Free POS software.” “Free setup.” “Free tools to run your business.” To small business owners, it sounds like a win initially. You think it could
Valentine’s Day is far from just another day in Florida. It’s a full day rush. Lots of people show up last minute, wanting to get in, purchase something, and get
A $600 sale should never end up as a $2,100 loss. A retail merchant recently had a customer make several individual transactions, that were manually entered because the chip was unreadable. The merchant did not check ID, and the customer
Internet Backup for Small Businesses from Bradenton to Naples No doubt you were affected by or heard about the recent Verizon Wireless outage on January 14, 2026. Verizon customers across
Are you still dropping off a paper check, walking away, coming back for the card, walking away again to process the payment, dropping off the receipt, walking away again, and
We all know POS equipment costs can rack up quickly. From new terminals and printers to cash drawers and kitchen screens. Maybe you like to get fancy with order kiosks.
The holidays make shopping hectic, and most shoppers are usually in a rush. Nowadays, most people are shopping online looking for gifts they can send in minutes, not days. Digital
Data is the most valuable asset in the world You can be busy every single day, ringing in solid sales on a consistent basis. If you can’t show clean customer
You can’t control the economy, but you can control what you do next. Higher costs, staffing issues, and unpredictable traffic are affecting restaurants and retailers. Luckily, there are things you
As you may have heard or experienced first hand, Amazon Web Services (AWS) – the cloud platform that powers thousands of software systems around the world – experienced a major